Tourism suffers collateral damage from Middle East crisis
The coronavirus-stricken tourism sector has suffered collateral damage from the escalation of Middle East violence, as Cruise operator Royal Caribbean cancelled a new line scheduled to run from Israel to Cyprus from next month. The anticipated route would have been carried out by Royal Caribbean’s new ship Odyssey of the Seas and help to revive
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The coronavirus-stricken tourism sector has suffered collateral damage from the escalation of Middle East violence, as Cruise operator Royal Caribbean cancelled a new line scheduled to run from Israel to Cyprus from
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